Wednesday, December 28, 2016

Continuation from yesterdays post. Ellicot Cemetery, which is also the Bethel Church burial ground. The old Bethel Church was torn down in 1902. There are currently only four headstones in the cemetery, some of them having disappeared over time.

Thursday, December 15, 2016

Kingston Pen, opened in 1835. Citing aging infrastructure and rising maintenance costs, the federal Government had it shuttered in 2013. For a while, its fate seemed uncertain until the infamous maximum security facility reopened for tours.__

Most of the cells have been stripped, but several have been reconstructed with bunk beds and televisions equipped with video-game consoles. Originally, the cells were designed to be single occupancy._

Prisoners’ handwriting can still be seen on the walls._

It had a long history of housing protective custody inmates who needed protection from other prisoners, largely because their crimes. Child molesting and rape put them at the bottom of the prison social order. They would be killed if housed with regular convicts. Two sex offenders were tortured and murdered by fellow cons in a riot in 1971

Monday, December 12, 2016

This photo should also be titled Condo Construction #12. It belongs with my continuing photo project with it's start as hole in the ground to a 19 story building. Most of the work is finished on the outside but there is still a lot to do on the inside. Each completed floor gets lights on over night. I am looking forward to when the whole building is lit up from top to bottom. It should be an awesome sight.

Saturday, December 10, 2016

Ronald McDonald Houses provide families of sick children with a home to stay at while their child is being treated at a nearby hospital. The first Ronald McDonald House open in Philadelphia, inspired by Kim Hill, a little girl who was battling leukemia.

Saturday, December 03, 2016

Depending on what part of world you are in there are various names for these vehicles. Trolley, tram, Light Rail Vehicles (LRVs) etc. In the City Of Toronto if you say "streetcar" everyone knows what you mean.